Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1710 - 835: 1000 Years

Within a mere few centuries, the Fifth Battlefront has successfully brought over twenty river systems under its command.

Casualties were an unavoidable reality during this expansion, particularly during the two massive conflicts within the initial Skeleton River System. These battles took a heavy toll on the fleet's strength; notably, the Song Family saw two of their thirty-plus Star-Annihilating Starships destroyed.

While the losses sustained by the Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall were slightly more manageable, the difference was marginal.

Despite these losses, neither the Dragon Spine Song Family Fleet nor the Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall Fleet showed signs of fatigue. Among the hundreds of billions of participants, morale remained exceptionally high rather than waning from the war.

Because the high-level leadership of both factions chose not to enforce strict confidentiality, rumors spread rapidly throughout the ranks. Every captain was driven by intense motivation, knowing that the star domains conquered during this campaign would belong entirely to them once the war concluded.

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By the eight hundred and ninety-fifth year of the Torch Fleet’s invasion of the Corpse Emperor Clan River System Group, the Fifth Battlefront moved forward with irresistible power. In less than nine centuries, they had pierced into the core territory of the Corpse Emperor Clan, seizing control of more than sixty river systems.

This rapid progression was directly linked to the crumbling resistance of the Corpse Emperor Clan. Seeing that their downfall was certain, increasing numbers of the clan chose to flee in fragmented groups.

Such a development was hardly shocking. Once the news broke that the Torch Human Civilization had officially ascended to the rank of an overlord-level civilization, this outcome was already forged in the minds of the Corpse Emperor Clan members.

In the millions of years of history within the Shattered Starry Sea, there had never been an instance where a top-tier advanced civilization could peacefully exist alongside a Star Sea Dominator Level Civilization.

How could one tolerate another snoring beside their own bed?

This is a fundamental truth understood by the billions of civilizations scattered across the Starry Sea.

The fading defiance of the Corpse Emperor Clan further accelerated the Fifth Battlefront's march; similarly, the other four battlefronts were also making swift and steady progress.

"Doo doo doo!"

The silence of the Fifth Battlefront’s highest command group chat was suddenly shattered by the sharp ringing of an incoming communication request.

Two minutes later, Song Chi and his fleet counterpart—the two most powerful forms of combat deterrence—received a high-priority emergency report from headquarters.

"Latest urgent dispatch: It is suspected that a detachment of the Corpse Emperor Clan, carrying the [Myriad Corpses Blood Marrow], has clandestinely departed from the [Corpse Ghost Continent]. They are moving at maximum velocity toward the Rakshasa Clan’s star domain!"

After reviewing the intelligence, Song Chi and the Beidou Star Lord traded a sharp look. Without a moment's delay, two superdimensional motherships—which had been trailing the main force while hidden in the deep void—silently broke away and charted a course to the southwest.

Normally, Song Chi and his partner would not concern themselves with such matters, preferring to ensure the safety of the advancing main fleet for the future founding of the Fifth Empire. However, the [Myriad Corpses Blood Marrow] changed everything; it is an incredibly rare resource essential for the evolution of a superdimensional mothership into a mythical immortal ship.

In the ancient Immortal Realm Civilization, this was the very foundation for attaining the Dao. To any Ninth Rank being in the Star Sea, its worth was beyond measure.

Even though Song Chi and the Beidou Star Lord had only recently reached the Ninth Rank and were still far from the mythical threshold, that did not stop them from securing the necessary components for their flagships ahead of time.

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"Buzz buzz buzz!"

The fabric of the void suddenly distorted. Both the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and the Beidou Star Lord’s [Shaking Light Sky Star] tore through the dimensions simultaneously. The two massive vessels emerged from the jump tunnels, streaking toward the southwest at incredible speeds.

With the engines of both superdimensional motherships pushed to their limits, they carved two jagged black rifts across the star domain, looking as if the heavens themselves were being ripped apart by unseen, colossal hands.

"Coordinates are locked; we are still 120 million light-years from the target!"

The Beidou Star Lord’s voice crackled through the comms channel, but he quickly followed up with a concerned observation.

"However, that Corpse Emperor Clan unit is acting strangely. Based on their curvature fluctuations, their speed is pushing the absolute limits of the Ninth Rank!"

Song Chi’s expression remained intense and focused.

While the Corpse Emperor Clan is infamous for their mastery over corpses, they are not typically known for their swiftness. To achieve such a sailing speed, they had to be utilizing some form of forbidden technique.

With a quick tap on his console, Song Chi activated the [Eye of Truth]’s special feature to temporarily boost his detection range. The Dome Sky Wisdom Brain aboard the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong rapidly processed the data and provided an analysis:

[Detected a 'Corpse Evil Burn' energy field surrounding the target fleet. It is hypothesized that they are sacrificing high-rank pure corpse evil resources in exchange for temporary hyper-speed!!!]

"Thinking they can flee to the Rakshasa Territory by burning corpse evil?"

Song Chi and the Beidou Star Lord scoffed simultaneously.

In an instant, subtle ripples in space appeared around the two superdimensional motherships as their secondary teleportation components were engaged.

Since its inception, the Torch Warships of the Torch Civilization have been feared for their peerless combat prowess. This "peerless prowess" is derived from the many inherent advantages of the ships, specifically their unmatched flexibility and speed.

A distance of 120 million light-years might seem daunting, but for a Torch Warship equipped with two high-tier teleportation modules, it was a manageable gap to close.

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"Corpse Yue, are we truly abandoning everything like this?"

"Even if we must retreat, we shouldn't be in such a desperate rush. The Corpse Ghost Continent still contains the massive wealth of rare resources our Corpse Emperor Clan has gathered over hundreds of thousands of years. Without those treasures, even if we reach a new river system group, restoring the former majesty of our clan will be as difficult as ascending to the heavens!"